Pac-12 media days kicks off at 9 a.m. Friday at the Sony Studios Lot in Culver City. I’ll be there, along with Bud Withers, our college football columnist and Pac-12 guru. Sorry, we’ve been asked not to report on any celebrity sightings (seriously).

UW coach Steve Sarkisian is scheduled to take the stage at 9:45 a.m, joined by seniors Keith Price and Sean Parker. I’ll provide regular updates throughout the day here on the blog and on Twitter, and I plan to post at least one video clip of the UW press conference.

Along with the typical questions about season expectations and getting over that 7-6 hump, Sarkisian will surely be asked about the status of Austin Seferian-Jenkins. Whether ASJ will be available for the opener against Boise State remains in question, but Sarksian did tell Ralph Russo of The Associated Press that both Seferian-Jenkins and Kasen Williams will be with the team for the start of fall camp on Aug. 5. No surprise there, really.

From a conference perspective, commissioner Larry Scott will formally announce a new league-wide policy to limit contact in practices. Here are a couple bullet points related to that from an announcement the Pac-12 made last month:

Head Trauma Task Force: The Pac-12 will establish a task force under the Student-Athlete Health Conference to study head trauma and find ways to limit damage and exposure to student-athletes. Pac-12’s General Counsel and Director of Football will lead the task force and appoint coaches, administrators and doctors from Pac-12 institutions.

Football Contact Reduction: The Pac-12 will codify into a formal policy the existing practices across the Conference as they relate to limiting contact in football practice. The final policy will be released at Pac-12 Football Media Day on July 26. Going forward, the Pac-12 will look at guidelines around contact in practice to ensure that student-athlete well-being is being closely monitored, both in the amount of contact and in providing our student-athletes and coaches with ample opportunity to teach and learn the correct tackling methods during the spring and preseason.

Here’s the full scheduled of Friday’s press conferences. A live feed will be available at Pac-12.com.